Sand Hill
Sand Hill rises to 470 m in New York. Baldface Mountain stands 796 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Sand Hill is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Russia in Herkimer County, east-northeast of Poland.
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Wikidata Q34903136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 470 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 8.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 14.0 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Black River Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuyahoora Valley Town Park: 2.9 mi
- Trenton Assembly Park: 7.5 mi
- Union Park: 7.6 mi
- Cincinnati Creek Waterway Access: 8.1 mi
- Remsen Town Park: 9.9 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.7 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 5.3 mi
- Breezy Knoll: 6.1 mi
- Cameron Hill: 6.2 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Baron Von Steuben Monument: 12.2 mi
- NYS DOT Workers Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Kopernik Memorial: 16.0 mi
- September 11th Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Swan Memorial Fountain: 16.8 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 9.2 mi
- Childrens Museum: 15.0 mi
- Munson: 15.9 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 16.9 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 17.4 mi
- Former Dairy Hill Firetower Site: 6.7 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 9.8 mi
- Forestport Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 11.5 mi
- South Hill State Forest: 15.6 mi
- Woodhull Detached Parcel: 16.2 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 15.3 mi
- Utica Mural: 15.3 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 15.6 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 15.6 mi
- Mother Mary: 16.1 mi
- Rollaway: 17.2 mi
- Moss Island Climbing: 17.3 mi
- Choss Factory: 22.8 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 23.9 mi
- McMartin: 24.5 mi
- Utica Tower: 14.5 mi
- Little Village Park Band Stand: 22.4 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 23.5 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Root Glen: 24.5 mi
- Pixley Falls: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Sand Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldface Mountain | NE 42° | 796 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bethune Mountain | NE 45° | 762 m | 16.1 mi |
| Big Alderbed Mountain | ENE 74° | 758 m | 17.6 mi |
| Windfall Mountain | ENE 76° | 751 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dead Horse Mountain | E 83° | 732 m | 16.3 mi |
| Feullard Mountain | ENE 62° | 731 m | 15.9 mi |
| West Creek Mountain | E 81° | 719 m | 16.6 mi |
| Little Alderbed Mountain | ENE 71° | 715 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:41 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton Falls, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964373 — Sand Hill, Herkimer County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357587871
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